Eurovision Song Contest: How to get tickets for Basel 2025

MALMO, SWEDEN - MAY 11: Nemo from Switzerland, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, on stage after The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Grand Final at Malmö Arena on May 11, 2024 in Malmo, Sweden. (Photo by Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images)
-Credit:Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images


Tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest's live shows sold out in just 7 minutes yesterday (January 29), while tickets for the preview shows sold out within 20 minutes. Hosted in Basel, the first wave of sales shows enormous enthusiasm for the world's favourite music event, with a total of 42,645 tickets sold.

Fans who registered before the January 10 deadline, but were unable to get a ticket in the first wave, will get another opportunity to bag tickets, as there will be further releases in the coming months. Spokespeople from the ESC have assured fans that dates for the further ticket waves will be announced in good time to give all prospective buyers a fair chance at securing tickets.

All nine arena shows are available to buy tickets for, including two live semi-finals and the grand final on Saturday 17 May. Eurovision runs across Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday - with the contest offering access to evening previews, afternoon previews and the live shows.

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Swiss singer Nemo who won the final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 with the song "The Code" is welcomed by supporters after landing at Zurich Airport on late May 12, 2024. Switzerland promised a joyous celebration for Nemo Mettler, the first non-binary performer to win the Eurovision Song Contest at the end of one of the most politically-charged competitions ever.
Swiss singer Nemo won the final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "The Code" -Credit:ARND WIEGMANN/AFP via Getty Images

The evening preview is a full run through of the show that takes place the night before the televised version, and likewise, the afternoon preview is a full run through that takes place earlier in the day of the live show. Both offer a randomly generated presentation of qualifiers and points for presenters and acts to practice different outcomes before going live.

Ticket sales for Arena Plus, the large public viewing event at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, started on Thursday 30 January 2025, at 10:00 CET.

The public viewing will give 36,000 fans the opportunity to watch the Grand Final in an atmospheric arena on large screens on Saturday 17 May. The tickets also offer a pre-show performance featuring Anna Rossinelli, DJ Antoine and Baby Lasagna, all within a joyful Eurovision atmosphere. More acts will be announced in the coming weeks.

Swedish pop group Abba, performs during the the Eurovision Song Contest 1974  on February 09, 1974 in Brighton with their song Waterloo. Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest in England with "Waterloo", this was the beginning of the greatest career in Swedish pop music history.
Swedish pop group Abba shot to fame during the the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 -Credit:Olle Lindeborg/AFP via Getty Images

Co-Executive Producers of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler, said in a statement: "We were overwhelmed by the huge demand and the smooth technical process of the booking. Many thanks to our partner TicketCorner for their excellent cooperation. It is moving to see how much the Eurovision Song Contest inspires people in our country and all over the world.

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"We can feel how people are looking forward to this year's event in Basel – and it shows how the ESC builds bridges between cultures and connects hearts." If you didn't manage to register for tickets, an official re-sale platform will be opened later on in the year. Ticket buyers can resell their tickets to other fans at face-value on the platform.

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